TWO of East Point's favourite sons are on their way back to Eastern Oval.
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Former captain Luke Faull and gun midfielder Jason Delaney have signed on to play for the Kangaroos next year, both crossing back from the Central Highlands Football League.
The pair's return headlines a strong off-season for East Point, which has already secured 12 new players for its senior list for 2015.
Second year coach Glenn Wilkins said having two former club best and fairest winners back at the club would be crucial in driving the Roos' push to play finals football again.
The Roos cruelly missed out on a finals spot this year by percentage.
"We need some experience heads to help out our kids, who did a great job in their own right this year," Wilkins said.
"We haven't lost anybody which is the beauty of it and everything is looking really promising."
While Faull is not expected to be available to play until May as he will be overseas, Delaney hopes to have recovered from injury and be right to go for the start of the season.
Delaney, the 2012 club best and fairest winner, played at Waubra this year but suffered osteitis pubis as a result of the heavy conditions at a number of the CHFL surfaces.
"I just wanted to get back on Eastern Oval really," Delaney, 30, said.
"If I want to keep playing for a few more years I have to look after my body but playing on good ovals. I've played 182 games so would love to get to 200 at East Point."
For Faull, rejoining the Roos comes after a three-year stint at Newlyn.
He signed with the CHFL club after captaining East Point in 2011.
Faull wont East Point's best and fairest award in 2004.
In what has been a season littered with recruits, East Point has lured across a number of other promising recruits.
The Roos have signed Jesse Murphy from Warrack Eagles and Keegan Mellington from Horsham Saints, both of which are training with North Ballarat Roosters.
They have retained former St Kilda rookie-listed big man Jordan Staley, while also managing to sign his younger brother, Elliot.
Mitchell Weadley has also signed from Moe and Brad Shannon has come across from Buelah.
East Point finished seventh this year, knocked out of the finals in the last round of the home and away season when Sunbury beat Lake Wendouree by 97 points to sneak into finals by percentage.